Bells Of St. Babels
Allen Curnow
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Description for Bells Of St. Babels
Paperback. A collection of New Zealander Alan Curnow's works from 1997-2001, looking at places, lifetimes, personal accidents and infinite spaces. Num Pages: 62 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 126 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92.
"He has been a major voice at every stage of his career", wrote C.K. Stead in the "London Review of Books", "knowing what he is about, moving at his own pace, inventive, unpredictable...". In "The Bells of Saint Babel's" Allen Curnow, now in his nineties, is unique in English-language poetry not only in the length of his innings but in the vigour of his most recent work. "The Bells of Saint Babel's", his first book for four years, revisits places and considers life's ironies, the chances and accidents that lead to "here". There are narrative sequences, a sonnet, four free ... Read more
"He has been a major voice at every stage of his career", wrote C.K. Stead in the "London Review of Books", "knowing what he is about, moving at his own pace, inventive, unpredictable...". In "The Bells of Saint Babel's" Allen Curnow, now in his nineties, is unique in English-language poetry not only in the length of his innings but in the vigour of his most recent work. "The Bells of Saint Babel's", his first book for four years, revisits places and considers life's ironies, the chances and accidents that lead to "here". There are narrative sequences, a sonnet, four free ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
62
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857545388
SKU
V9781857545388
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99-14
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